CVE-2025-38685

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Out-of-bounds Write in fast_imageblit via FBIOPUT_CON2FBMAP

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: Fix vmalloc out-of-bounds write in fast_imageblit This issue triggers when a userspace program does an ioctl FBIOPUT_CON2FBMAP by passing console number and frame buffer number. Ideally this maps console to frame buffer and updates the screen if console is visible. As part of mapping it has to do resize of console according to frame buffer info. if this resize fails and returns from vc_do_resize() and continues further. At this point console and new frame buffer are mapped and sets display vars. Despite failure still it continue to proceed updating the screen at later stages where vc_data is related to previous frame buffer and frame buffer info and display vars are mapped to new frame buffer and eventully leading to out-of-bounds write in fast_imageblit(). This bheviour is excepted only when fg_console is equal to requested console which is a visible console and updates screen with invalid struct references in fbcon_putcs().

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 6.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (25)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel 2.6.12 - 5.15.190linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.149linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.15.11linux
linux/Kernel 6.16.0 - 6.16.2linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.103linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.43linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.12
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 078e62bffca4b7e72e8f3550eb063ab981c36c7a
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 27b118aebdd84161c8ff5ce49d9d536f2af10754
... and 15 more
Published Sep 04, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026